Need for Surgery Getting Contagious

It's like the need for surgery is getting contagious. Or in this case, it seems to run in the family.

Hawk is having a planned foot surgery later this month. It's like the one she had a few months ago, just on the other foot this time.

In February I have a 4-day business trip that's high priority. Hawk won't be self sufficient after the surgery at that point. She'll need someone to help her with getting food and drink, plus being nearby in case something bad happens, like slipping and falling.

Our plan was for Hawk's mom to fly out here for a week and stay with her. We'd bought her first-class plane tickets from the east coast.

It was a good idea... until a few days ago when she called to tell us she has a fracture in her spine. But she didn't tell us, "Oops, my doctor says I need surgery urgently, I won't be able to come." Instead she offered to put off her surgery for 5-6 weeks and come out here to take care of Hawk first. Yes, she'd come out here with a literal broken back. 😳

We told her no. Thankfully she didn't fight us. Though Hawk's father told us she fought him. She wouldn't listen to her husband saying, "Y'know, you really shouldn't put off surgery for 5 weeks and fly coast-to-coast with a broken back." 😦

Hawk inherited her mom's stubborn streak. But at least not her martyr complex.